ghost
part of speech
noun (a ghost, ghosts); verb (ghost, ghosts, ghosted, ghosting — slang)
meaning for a pupil
1) In stories, the spirit of a dead person that people believe can be seen or heard. tree →
2) A very faint trace of something: "a ghost of a smile". tree →
3) (verb, slang) To suddenly stop answering someone's messages and ignore them. tree →
4) give up the ghost (informal): to die, or of a machine, to stop working. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A ghost here means the spirit of a dead person that a medium claims to call up and ask for secret knowledge. The Torah forbids this. Interpretation: Tradition counts consulting the dead as a kind of forbidden magic. It teaches that Jews should seek guidance from God and not from the dead. In the primary lessons: In stories, Halloween and spooky games. In real speech: "she ghosted me". Phrases: ghost story, ghost town, not a ghost of a chance, give up the ghost, ghost writer.
examples
- or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer. (Torah DEU.18.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Turn ye not unto the ghosts, nor unto familiar spirits; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. (Torah LEV.19.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- A man also or a woman that divineth by a ghost or a familiar spirit, shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them. (Torah LEV.20.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Saul had put away those that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit out of the land. (Prophets 1SA.28.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of a ghost, to inquire thereby, (Writings 1CH.10.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And when they shall say unto you: 'Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits, that chirp and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living unto the dead (Prophets ISA.8.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- We told ghost stories round the campfire. tree →
- He dressed up as a ghost for Halloween. tree →
- The old house is said to have a ghost. tree →
- She hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning. tree →
- My old phone finally gave up the ghost. tree →
- (slang) He ghosted me after the party. tree →
- It's a ghost town on Sunday mornings. tree →
note
The h is silent: "gohst". Adjective: ghostly. Science: there is no proof that ghosts are real. Plural: ghosts.
In the corpora
- or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.
- And Saul had put away those that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit out of the land.
- Ghost stories and playground legends are fun, but they should not turn a real neighbour into a villain.
- Ghost stories at a sleepover are fun because everyone knows they are stories, and nobody gets hurt.
- "Gave up the ghost" means died; it is also said jokingly of a machine that stops working for good.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ghost» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.